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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reggie Y. C. Lo, Guelph, CA;
Anthony Bernard Schryvers, Calgary, CA;
Andrew Allan Potter, Saskatoon, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/509 ; C12N 1/563 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/509 ; C12N 1/563 ;
Abstract
Novel transferrin binding proteins from , and nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel proteins are disclosed. Antibodies against the novel proteins are disclosed. The invention also relates to vaccines containing the novel proteins of the invention. The invention also provides methods for identifying substances which affect the binding of transferrin to the proteins and methods for screening for agonists or antagonists of the binding of the proteins and transferrin.